# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at F & F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032395` · 3/19/2016 · WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** F & F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 5 Research Parkway, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were trying to introduce air into a condensate line to empty it. When the employee went to remove a plug from a valve on the condensate line, hot water splashed onto his left shoulder, arm, and back, causing second degree burns.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*